Civil Process

Duties

The Sheriff’s Civil Process Unit provides the service of all legal process (papers) received from individuals, private attorneys, the court and other county agencies. Common documents we serve, include:

Child custody documents

Conciliation Court Summons and Judgments

Dissolution of Marriage Summons and Petition

Domestic Abuse Order for Protection (OFP)

Eviction documents

Harassment Restraining Order (HRO)

Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

Order to Show Cause

Subpoena

Summons

Examples of civil process duties include mortgage sales, other sheriff sales, garnishments/levies, orders for protection and commitment transports. Papers are not served on Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays.

Process Payments

All processes are only accepted during business office hours. Only cash or checks are accepted. At this time, the Sheriff’s Office is unable to process credit/debit cards.